Stories from Friday, June 16, 2006

The clock is now ticking for Bell Buckle to correct problems with its sewer system. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation [TDEC] informed environmental engineer Jim Patterson that it had accepted Bell Buckle's Corrective Action Plan [CAP] for the ailing system...

The Shelbyville Housing Authority has been awarded $678,559 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to upgrade its housing units. The announcment was made Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon. Shelbyville Housing Authority's Director of Operations Ronald Tillman says they will use the money for modernization projects...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' passed several end-of-fiscal-year budget amendments Tuesday night as well as the "continuing resolution" which will allow county departments to continue to operate at 2005-2006 spending levels until a 2006-2007 budget can be passed...

Bedford County Nursing Home administrator Wayne Schumann, making his monthly report to Bedford County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night, defended his decision to hire his wife Iris as a contract employee, saying he consulted an attorney and that her $1,320 per week salary is in line with other consultants...

A 4-year-old boy caught in the middle of a painful custody battle has been returned to his family in Bell Buckle. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the boy Christian has been placed back with his maternal cousin and her husband, Tiffany and Jeff Delk of Bell Buckle, after a judge denied an adoption petition from foster parents Denise and Ivar Baklid of Orange City, Fla., who had kept the boy for the past three months...

Bedford County's juvenile court judge this week swore-in three new court officers who've volunteered to serve as child advocates, and their work starts as the state is to enhance their agency's budget next month. Child advocates represent the interests of children in civil cases which frequently develop as a result of criminal charges against their parents, according to Lynne Farrar, director of the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program for children in the Center for Family Development.. ...

Don't be afraid of reading the disclaimer. "This course is hilly and will be run in the middle of June. It will be hot! It will be hilly! If you are not prepared, do not run this race!" The Bell Buckle Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the RC Cola and Moon Pie Festival are proud to present the 11th Annual RC Cola-Moon Pie 10 Mile Run...

Funeral services for Andy Monroe Bowman, 86, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. The Rev. Mark Ashley will officiate and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery.